A Stylish Summer Garden Party at Powerscourt House: Sorcha & Niall

It's not often that we let out an audible gasp when we see a wedding dress, but this is exactly what happened when we clapped eyes on the gorgeous bride in today's real wedding! Although it takes a while to look beyond this particular gown (seriously, it's a showstopper!), there are tonnes of chic details to be found in Sorcha & Niall's big day at Powerscourt House, captured here by Dara Munnis Photography - pretty flower design and dreamy bridesmaids dresses to name but two!

It looks like Monty, the family's Scottish Terrier, wants in on the excitement!

Don't Sorcha's parents have the cutest wedding portrait? The One Fab Day team shared some of our Mams' wedding photos at the weekend - if you missed it, you can check them out here.

Heart-eye emojis can't even express how we feel about this Berta gown! Sorcha tells us, "My mum and I searched high and low for it, going over to London and up the North as well and the effort was worth it in the end. It wasn’t what I’d initially envisioned, but I really loved having an overskirt and found it worked really well, perfect drama for the ceremony and garden part, and I could take it off to reveal a fitted dress underneath for the dancing!"

Sorcha absolutely loved getting ready in her family home. "Going to sleep in my old bed, and waking up to my mum cooking a fry for us all was just so comforting and lovely. Our beloved family dog, Monty, was prancing around the house while my bridesmaids and I were getting ready. My twin sister was my maid-of-honour and it was a really chilled out, happy morning with the girls!"

Despite growing up ten minutes from each other and attending the same college, this couple had to go half way around the world to cross paths! "We met in Washington D.C.," Sorcha explains. "I was working on the Innocence Project in DC for the summer, helping to exonerate innocent people on death row, and Niall was living and working over there at the time. We met on a night out, through a mutual friend from home who was working with Niall."

The jet-setting couple were also abroad - this time in Lecce, Puglia - when Niall popped the question! Sorcha was rushing to dinner at Grotta Palazzese (you have got to see pictures of this place!) when she turned around to find Niall down on one knee, holding a ring. "I was absolutely speechless," she says, "so much so that he had to ask if the answer was yes! Back at the hotel, Niall had a surprise waiting. The rooftop terrace of the hotel had been set up with pink Champagne and treats, including Nutella crepes - I’ve got a small Nutella addiction!"

Sorcha adds that one of her favourite parts of the engagement was spending the following day on the beach with Niall. "It was lovely having that last day of our holiday together, just the two of us, to take it all in and bask in such a special little moment. Then when we arrived home we celebrated with all our friends and family."

Clink! Can't beat the excitement of your first glass of bubbly as husband and wife!

The couple knew immediately what their priorities would be for their wedding day. "We’ve both been blessed with absolutely fantastic families and friends, so we wanted all of them to just have a ball," Sorcha says. "Great food, music and atmosphere were the main priorities. After that, beautiful florals and extra touches were really just the icing on the cake."

We love the classic romance of pink and peach blooms!

When they started planning, Sorcha and Niall found that some of their decisions were already made for them! "I always wanted to be a June bride, so knew it would be a summer wedding," Sorcha says. "Similarly, we both really wanted Powerscourt House to be the venue, as it’s just spectacular, so that really helped us shape our vibe. It was almost like a classic, romantic English summer garden party, with lots of florals, in keeping with the beautiful surroundings of Powerscourt and its gardens."

Sorcha and Niall's advice for engaged couples is to keep things in perspective. "Of course you want to have the most beautiful wedding day but don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. Not everything will work out exactly as you hoped so just go with the flow. No one else will notice and you can’t control everything."

Sorcha also has a couple of style tips up her sleeve! "Brides, bring an extra pair of shoes - you’ll be dancing all night! And grooms, it’s a good idea to have a spare shirt, post-receiving line. You'll get make-up on the collar from all the hugging and kissing, and it’s nice to have a fresh one for the rest of the day and the pictures!"

This multi-coloured beauty by The Wedding Cake Boutique is almost too pretty to eat. And a single pink peony makes a perfect cake topper!

After the wedding, Sorcha and Niall headed straight to Ballynahinch Castle for a mini-moon. "We pretty much ate, slept and lay around on Dog’s Bay all day!" It sounds like bliss!

Three months later, they had an epic honeymoon in Switzerland! "We started in a place called Villa Honegg, it has this incredible infinity pool overlooking the alps, it was all very Sound of Music-esque! Then we went to Rome for a few days, followed by a stay in this tiny hotel on an island called Isola di Favignana, near Sicily. The hotel was right on the water, with a small private beach, a five-minute walk from the little nearby town." We do love a European honeymoon and this one ticked all the boxes!

We know we've already gushed quite a lot over Sorcha's dress, but we could honestly look at pictures of her gown forever! Thanks so much to the gorgeous couple for letting us be inspired by their big day, and to Dara Munnis Photography for sharing the beautiful images!